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Show WINTER IRHIUAIION. rendlnir the ai Hon of the Government In the ma it' r of eatahllahlnir renpnolra for atorltm up th" flood ruitern, every farmer may mnlte a reaprvolr of hla m ii and on Ida own furm Thla can be done by menni ot winter Irrigation. It la poalble during the months of October Oc-tober and November and anntetlmpa even In Jnnunry and IVbrunrv, lo tun inn water without any dangpr of dlti hpa 'loRfiln with Ice. At audi tltnci theie la nbundnnce of wntir and the noil may m anlurati 1 to n depth of twenty feet or" more Then by mentis of freiiuent cultivation In the aprlng the water Hunt aloicd up may bo retained In the aoil until lute In the Milium i. If not 'Ittrlnir the entile ginwtng aenaon. In the cniip of lu crnp fl. Ida It would Im nrccnvnry to Aiiaid nnnlnnt fnrmlnK pond of wntPi on thP ftnfoie, alnio IrcczinK or llnud...! fields will Kill out the. lurcine nwita Hut In most localities locali-ties thto tied b( no potnH funned, na the wnoua soil will rnpldly absorb i uor-moua uor-moua nhimcM of water. In orchards the winter Irrigation ahould be by mciiis of dep dead fur-rowa fur-rowa in the renter of the space between tho rnivd nf tiees November would be the best time to soak the orchards, since there would h no danger of starting start-ing n Riowth of the trees at Hint lime. It la freiiiently urged by aome persona per-sona In opposition to the Idea of w Intel In-tel Irrigation that the bent h lauds nro so porous as to let tho walei nil off In apepaxo Thla may tie tine In it few localities, lo-calities, but even In the most open soils the inntlnual soaking for n number nf enra will surel (111 the lower depths of anil with water and lender the moisture mois-ture available for plant use by means of ciipillnr aitlon toward the surface The Infr-.Mniintnln Parmer nnd Ilamhmnn speaks ndtiedly upon the matter of winter watering, the writer linvltig thus treated deep sandy soil In Utah with most unitizing results In addition to personal experience, clop nhaerwitlon of the practice In the Fan I.uls alley, Colorado, nml the perusal of accounts from Ailzoni nnd Wo-mlng. Wo-mlng. nil combine to establish the ad- Inability nf the practice nf winter Irrigation Irri-gation fin nil bench lands In Utah. |